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Uncensored
Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature that was self-published in the former Soviet Union in order to …
Tsvetaeva's Orphic Journeys in the Worlds of the Word
Tsvetaeva's Orphic Journeys in the Worlds of the World explores the rich theme of the myth of Orpheus as master narrative for poetic inspiration and creative survival in the life …
Tolstoy and His Problems
Assessing the relevance of Tolstoy's thought and teachings for the current day, Tolstoy and His Problems: Views from the Twenty-First Century is a collection of essays by a group …
Tolstoy's Phoenix
In this text, essayist George R. Clay offers a fresh perspective and analysis of one of the world's greatest novels. By examining Tolstoy's techniques and analysing the structure …
The Writer in Petrograd and the House of Arts
Founded by Maksim Gorky and Kornei Chukovsky in 1919 and disbanded in 1922, the Petrograd House of Arts occupied a crucial moment in Russia's cultural history. By chronicling the …
The Voice in the Garden
Using Russia's most prolific writer, Andrei Bolotov, as a focal point, this text offers an analysis of the pastoral impulse in 18th- and early 19th-century Russian culture. The …
The Trace of Judaism
The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality. ""The Trace of Judaism"" addresses this …
The Stony Dance
Widely considered the greatest Russian modernist novel, Andrei Bely's Petersburg has until now eluded the critical attention that a book of its caliber merits. In The Stony Dance, …
The Soviet Writers' Union and Its Leaders
The Soviet Writers’ Union offered writers elite status and material luxuries in exchange for literature that championed the state. This book argues that Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin …
The Russian Memoir
The essays in this volume seek to appreciate the literary construction of the memoir, with its dual agendas of individualized expression and reliable reportage, and explore its …
The Positive Hero in Russian Literature
In this text, Rufus Mathewson, Jr. discusses Russian literature and demonstrates how the battles over the positive hero reappeared with dramatic clarity in the dissident literary …
The Popular Theatre Movement in Russia, 1862-1919
This is a study of popular theatre and its impact on post-reform and pre-Revolutionary Russia. After the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, educated Russians began to present plays …